diff --git a/lib/testsuite/context.js b/lib/testsuite/context.js
index e78234e5aa..b32f9f9cc5 100644
--- a/lib/testsuite/context.js
+++ b/lib/testsuite/context.js
@@ -343,8 +343,14 @@ class Context extends EventEmitter {
    * @param {Boolean=false} [runOnly] If the runner should run only this testsuite
    */
   setDescribeContext({describeTitle, describeInstance, runOnly}) {
-    if (this.__testSuiteName && !describeInstance) {
-      throw new Error('There is already a top-level "describe"/"context" declaration in this testsuite.');
+    // if `setDescribeContext` is called twice for the same test suite,
+    // that would mean that there are two `describe()`s in same test suite.
+    if (this.__testSuiteName && describeInstance) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      console.warn(
+        'Nightwatch does not support more than one "describe" declarations in a single testsuite.' +
+        ' Using this might give unexpected results.'
+      );
     }
 
     if (runOnly) {